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Jeffrey Scott Hall
Pleasant Hill, CA Estate Planning Attorney with 20 years of experience
(925) 230-9002
3478 Buskirk Avenue, Suite 1000
Pleasant Hill, CA 94523
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John F Kennedy Univ School of Law
Local Estate Elder Law Planning Attorney
Long term Pleasant Hill resident, Jeffrey Hall, didn’t follow the traditional path to the practice of law. Indeed, attorney Hall grew up in central Los Angeles, and in a time when there was no expectation that he would attend college; and law school was simply not an option. However, after completing his bachelor’s degree in Economics from Saint Mary’s College, he volunteered with the Air Force in 1981 and served for 9 years, both reserve and active. Upon returning to California, he and his wife made Pleasant Hill their home and have...
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Maxwell Charles Livingston
Albany, CA Estate Planning Lawyer with 12 years of experience
Free ConsultationEstate Planning, Business, Divorce and Elder
Marquette University Law School and Marquette University Law School
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Ravi Patel
Oakland, CA Estate Planning Attorney
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Duke University School of Law
My name is Ravi Patel and I am trust litigation attorney based in Oakland, California. I have experience filing Heggstad Petitions throughout the state.
After I graduated from Duke University School of Law, I joined a general practice law firm in my hometown, Bakersfield, California. I worked on various transactional and litigation matters and gained a broad breadth of experience in legal areas including water law, public agency law, property taxes, local taxes, real estate law, and land use law. In 2019, my partner and I relocated to Oakland, California, where I worked for the Oakland City Attorney’s office. As...
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Vanessa Candelaria
Walnut Creek, CA Estate Planning Lawyer with 15 years of experience
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Golden Gate University School of Law
Throughout her legal career, Vanessa has practiced exclusively in family law. With her legal training and knowledge, she provides compassion and advocacy for her clients. Vanessa’s experience working on a broad spectrum of family law matters include divorce, pre-divorce counseling and planning, premarital agreements, complex marital property issues, high conflict child custody disputes, child and spousal support issues and domestic violence prevention and defense. Vanessa protects her clients’ assets and the best interests of her clients and their children. She represents clients in public court and before private judicial officers. In addition, she serves as a consulting attorney for clients...
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Emily M De Falla
Walnut Creek, CA Estate Planning Lawyer with 36 years of experience
(925) 444-7378
1990 N. California Blvd.
Suite 800
Walnut Creek, CA 94596
Estate Planning, Divorce and Family
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
Divorce doesn’t have to be a costly and painful battle. Mediator and Collaborative Divorce attorney Emily M. De Falla guides couples toward a cooperative, respectful divorce. By honoring both parties’ priorities, she can help you get around roadblocks and craft sensible solutions. The results are lower costs, equitable results, and healthier, happier kids.
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Michael John Young
Walnut Creek, CA Estate Planning Attorney with 46 years of experience
Estate Planning, Elder and Probate
Western State Univ
Michael J. Young is an Estate, Probate and Asset Protection Attorney in Walnut Creek, CA. Mr. Young helps his clients plan for not only "What Happens if You Die", but for "What Happens If You Don't Die And Become Ill and Need Care." He helps his clients in the design of their estate plans, to protect their assets for their senior care and to also provide a legacy for their loved ones.
Mr. Young, who has been in practice for over forty years, gives workshops every month in Walnut Creek on basic estate planning and advanced estate planning. The basic...
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Gregory Sowder
Oakland, CA Estate Planning Attorney with 25 years of experience
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Rutgers School of Law-Newark and Golden Gate University School of Law
I’ve practiced law in the San Francisco Bay Area for over 20 years and focus my practice on Estate Planning, Probate, and General Civil Litigation. I also represent injured individuals in personal injury claims.
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Melanie Tavare
Oakland, CA Estate Planning Attorney
Free ConsultationEstate Planning, Bankruptcy and Foreclosure Defense
University of San Francisco School of Law
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Kendra Bowen
Oakland, CA Estate Planning Lawyer with 32 years of experience
Free ConsultationEstate Planning
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
I have focused my practice solely on estate planning and advanced estate planning, specifically the legal work to PREVENT PROBATE. As a San Mateo County native, I receive great satisfaction in using the law to help other San Francisco Bay Area residents and home owners avoid the time consuming, costly and disruptive probate process. I meet with every client at a Fidelity Law Office near them and guide them through the estate planning process in a fun and efficient way. My positive approach and knowledge of estate planning law ensures that each client makes the right decisions for their estate...
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Dominic Hutchinson Porrino
Walnut Creek, CA Estate Planning Lawyer with 17 years of experience
Free ConsultationEstate Planning, Divorce, Domestic Violence and Family
Golden Gate Univ School of Law
Porrino Law PC operates under the guidance of principal Dominic H. Porrino, who entered law practice with the intention of protecting the assets and safety of citizens by helping them negotiate the complexities of the California legal system. The competitive spirit that prompted him to play lacrosse and rugby in his youth now drives development of strategies to protect the best interests of his clients.
Mr. Porrino, an attorney whose practice encompasses legal separation, divorce, child custody and support, estate planning and other civil matters, obtained his law degree from Golden Gate University School of Law and was admitted to the...
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Oliver Alexander Greenwood
Pleasant Hill, CA Estate Planning Attorney with 18 years of experience
Estate Planning, Elder, Entertainment & Sports and Probate
Golden Gate Univ School of Law
OLIVER GREENWOOD is the principal of the Law Offices of Oliver Greenwood in Pleasant Hill. He is the author of chapters 1, 4, 12, 16, and 17 in the CEB Guardianship Handbook. Mr. Greenwood received his B.A. degree from the University of California, Berkeley, and his J.D. from Golden Gate University in San Francisco. A frequent speaker regarding probate matters and a member of the Judicial Council's Probate & Mental Health Advisory Committee. Mr. Greenwood is also a contributing author to CEB's conservatorship and powers of attorney and health care directives books. Mr. Greenwood's areas of practice include conservatorships, guardianships,...
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Matthew G. Grech
Oakland, CA Estate Planning Lawyer with 16 years of experience
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St. Thomas University School of Law
As an attorney, Matthew Grech began his career as a civil litigator. From there Mr. Grech transitioned into estate planning and probate & estate administration. As an estate planning/administration attorney Mr. Grech has assisted numerous clients manage trust and estate administrations from inception to closing, as well as guiding and facilitating the planning process. It was during this time that Mr. Grech realized that a number of his clients’ family members and friends were facing mounting financial troubles in the wake of The Great Recession. It was this realization that motivated Mr. Grech to begin practicing bankruptcy law, which...
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Basil John Boutris
Oakland, CA Estate Planning Attorney with 37 years of experience
Estate Planning, Business, Probate and Tax
University of California, Berkeley School of Law
My law firm specializes in all aspects of tax planning and tax controversy, trust and estate planning and litigation, business formation and bankruptcy (primarily relating to business/tax debts). I have over 30 years of experience as a tax specialist.
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Jenny Tiu
Walnut Creek, CA Estate Planning Attorney with 16 years of experience
(415) 710-1764
2121 Ygnacio Valley Road
Suite E106
Walnut Creek, CA 94598
Free ConsultationEstate Planning, Juvenile and Personal Injury
Golden Gate University School of Law
Jenny Tiu received her B.S. degree in Physiological Science from UCLA. During her undergraduate studies, she was a research assistant at UCLA for both spinal cord injury and atherosclerosis research. Ms. Tiu then earned her J.D. degree at Golden Gate University School of Law with an emphasis in Public Interest Law. During law school, she interned for the San Francisco City Attorney's Office in the Juvenile Dependency Unit. She then went on to intern for the Solano County Alternate Public Defender's Office in the Juvenile Dependency Unit and later in the Misdemeanor Unit. After being...
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Dess Aldredge Benedetto
Walnut Creek, CA Estate Planning Lawyer with 24 years of experience
Free ConsultationEstate Planning, Elder and Probate
University of San Diego School of Law
Ms. Benedetto has assisted hundreds of clients with the creation of their Wills, Living Trusts and other estate planning documents. She assists families with trust administration and probate procedures when loved ones pass away, and also prepares legal documents for conservatorships of elderly clients and limited conservatorships for developmentally disabled adults. In 2006, Ms. Benedetto created the Family Trust Law Center, later incorporated to Family TLC, Inc., to be a firm where families come for professional estate planning by licensed attorneys, at flat, reasonable fees. Amendment of documents and other hourly work is done as...
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Martin C Johnson
Walnut Creek, CA Estate Planning Lawyer
Free ConsultationEstate Planning
John F. Kennedy University
In my early years as a financial planner, I realized that estate planning was an often-overlooked area of planning not only by clients but by their financial advisors.
The reason I became an attorney was to help people make sure that their wishes are carried out during incapacity and after death. I had seen too many people impacted by the lack of estate planning or poor estate planning. I did not want to see the government or the courts take control of a person's property in a way that was not consistent with the person's wishes and intent. I am passionate...
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Aaron Roy Feldman
Walnut Creek, CA Estate Planning Attorney with 42 years of experience
(925) 283-6691
1855 Olympic Boulevard
Suite 125
Walnut Creek, CA 94596
Estate Planning and Elder
Southwestern Univ School of Law
A member of the American Society of Special Needs Planners, Aaron Feldman has the expertise to help you secure your special needs child’s future with a Special Needs Estate Plan and ensure your child’s special education by advocating for him or her.
Aaron Feldman of The Feldman Law Group is an attorney who has devoted his practice to helping others. Since obtaining his Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from University of California, Santa Barbara in 1978, then his law degree (JD) in 1982 from the Southwestern University School of Law, Aaron Feldman went on to serve his clients as...
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Bruce Emerson Methven
Berkeley, CA Estate Planning Attorney with 44 years of experience
Estate Planning, Antitrust, Business and Communications
Boalt Hall (U.C. Berkeley)
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Doris Mitchell
Albany, CA Estate Planning Lawyer with 15 years of experience
Estate Planning, Probate and Real Estate
Golden Gate University School of Law and University of San Francisco School of Law
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Kathleen Hunt
El Cerrito, CA Estate Planning Lawyer with 20 years of experience
Free ConsultationEstate Planning, Business, Communications and Probate
Hastings College of Law
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John Erik Fraker
Oakland, CA Estate Planning Attorney with 25 years of experience
Free ConsultationEstate Planning, Elder, Probate and Tax
Golden Gate University School of Law and University of Southern California Gould School of Law
John Erik Fraker is the chair of the Charitable Planning & Philanthropy Practice Group for Ainer & Fraker, LLP. Specializing in high net-worth estate planning, philanthropy, and asset protection, John excels at providing sophisticated financial solutions and advanced charitable techniques that help individuals reduce taxes, provide a lasting legacy, and strengthen the familyâs core identity.
Prior to co-founding Ainer & Fraker, LLP in 2002, John handled the investment and insurance needs of high net worth families as a fee-only financial planner in the affluent Brentwood Santa Monica area of Los Angeles. Additionally, he worked as Business Development Officer for the...
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Karen L. Lewis
Walnut Creek, CA Estate Planning Lawyer
(925) 287-6484
1990 California Blvd., 8th Floor
Walnut Creek, CA 94596
Estate Planning
Santa Clara University School of Law
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Dennis Wayne Kroeker
Walnut Creek, CA Estate Planning Lawyer with 52 years of experience
Offers Video ConferencingVideo ConfEstate Planning, Business and Real Estate
UC Hastings COL
Litigation: 25%
Business disputes and litigation
49 years
Business: 20%
Corporate formation, articles and bylaws, assistance with corporate meetings and records, communicate with other corporations or individuals and attorneys, preparation of corporate agreements and individual agreements.
49 years, 1,000 cases
Corporate and incorporation: 20%
Corporate formation, articles and bylaws, assistance with corporate meetings and records, communicate with other corporations or individuals and attorneys, preparation of corporate agreements and individual agreements.
49 years, 800 cases
Estate planning: 15%
Living trusts preparation for individuals and families along with after death distribution which involves compliance with California law notifying heirs and beneficiaries as well as many other fiduciary duties a little too complex...
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Jessica R. Ward
Pleasant Hill, CA Estate Planning Attorney
Free ConsultationEstate Planning and Probate
John F. Kennedy University
Attorney Jessica Ward has been in the legal industry for over 15 years. She started as a paralegal, then a legal administrator at a busy workers' compensation defense law firm. In 2016 she decided to start her own legal document preparation company, which focused on estate planning, family law and deed preparation.
During the COVID pandemic, she was re-evaluating her career goals, and had the opportunity to achieve her ultimate goal of attending law school. She graduated summa cum laude with honors and was sworn in and licensed in California to practice law.
She is passionate about every family having...
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Ian M.A. Van Leer
Oakland, CA Estate Planning Attorney
Free ConsultationEstate Planning, Divorce, Family and Personal Injury
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Donald Hastings Read
Berkeley, CA Estate Planning Lawyer with 55 years of experience
Estate Planning, Business and Tax
New York University School of Law and Columbia Law School
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Raymond Bruce McFalone
Walnut Creek, CA Estate Planning Lawyer with 42 years of experience
Estate Planning and Probate
Western State Univ
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Gerald Thomas Richards
Hercules, CA Estate Planning Lawyer with 47 years of experience
Estate Planning
Golden Gate Univ School of Law
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Robert Alan Goodman
Oakland, CA Estate Planning Lawyer with 27 years of experience
Estate Planning, Arbitration & Mediation, Divorce and Family
University of San Francisco, School of Law
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Michelle Therese Duval
Oakland, CA Estate Planning Lawyer with 19 years of experience
Estate Planning
UC Davis School of Law King Hall
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Garrett Francis Riegg
Oakland, CA Estate Planning Lawyer with 52 years of experience
Free ConsultationEstate Planning, Arbitration & Mediation and Real Estate
UC Berkeley School of Law Boalt Hall
I have worked in a dozen fields of law over my career of 44 years. Mostly I was a business trial lawyer, but now I only advise and handle transactions: no trials. I am semiretired but come to the office most days.
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Elizabeth Principato-Phipps
Alameda, CA Estate Planning Lawyer with 41 years of experience
Estate Planning, Divorce and Family
Quinnipiac Univ School of Law
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Leslie Bishop Franco
Oakland, CA Estate Planning Attorney with 31 years of experience
Estate Planning
UC Hastings COL
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Sanford Hilton Margolin
Oakland, CA Estate Planning Lawyer with 45 years of experience
Estate Planning, Business and Real Estate
UC Berkeley School of Law Boalt Hall
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Mr. Harry L. Styron
Walnut Creek, CA Estate Planning Attorney
(925) 932-4300
1615 Bonanza Street
Suite 407
Walnut Creek, CA 94596-4532
Estate Planning, Arbitration & Mediation, Elder and Probate
University of California - Hastings College of Law
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Reece R. Halpern
Albany, CA Estate Planning Attorney with 43 years of experience
Estate Planning, Business and Real Estate
Boston College Law School
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Diana Morgan Redding
Alameda, CA Estate Planning Attorney with 19 years of experience
Estate Planning
Golden Gate University School of Law
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Priscilla Camp
Oakland, CA Estate Planning Attorney with 46 years of experience
Estate Planning and Elder
Golden Gate Univ School of Law
Please see the Camp Rousseau Montgomery, LLP web site at www.crmlegal.net/pc/
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Alexander Kugelman
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Offers Video ConferencingVideo ConfSan Francisco, CA Estate Planning Lawyer with 16 years of experience
Estate Planning, Business and Tax
Chapman University Fowler School of Law
Alexander Kugelman is an attorney concentrating on tax controversies, domestic and international tax compliance, and tax collection defense. Mr. Kugelman counsels and represents individuals, small businesses, and estates.
His experience includes four years of federal government court experience at the U.S. Tax Court and a U.S. District Court. That background blends substantive tax law knowledge with administrative and litigation experience. This unique combination differs from that of an accountant or a general practitioner attorney.
Kugelman Law was created as an alternative to overpriced law firms and disreputable tax resolution companies.
Alexander was motivated to start his firm while working at the U.S. Tax...